Chapter 764 - 759: Who Is the True Heir?
"Help me!"
Miss Salacia immediately rushed forward to call for help.
"I am... the direct heir of the Green Alliance, Silver Wind Clan! My name is Salacia. I ask everyone to lend a hand, and I will repay you with all my might afterward!"
Salacia certainly knew that it was not wise to seek help from unknown Awakened ones.
But she had reached a dead end and had almost died just now.
To take a step back, even if these people harbored malice and were not kind, in the end, for Salacia, it would just mean "death," no different from before.
If these people were willing to help, it would be a breath of fresh air and a free return of her life!
Of course, the main reason Salacia acted so decisively was that handsome man wearing the Heart-Burning Style red Swordsman Robe.
Someone so good-looking must be kind-hearted!
Before the four could react, the teasing voice of Miss Julian suddenly sounded from behind:
"Oh dear, Sister Salacia, there should be a limit to lying, right? Do you really think you’re the heir of the Silver Wind Clan? Father gave up on you a long time ago!"
Julian ignored Salacia’s angry little glare, then turned to Bai Pu and the others and said:
"Everyone, my name is Julian, the newly appointed heir to the Silver Wind Clan by my father. If you’re willing to help me hold off this Tree Demon, the Silver Wind Clan will repay you handsomely afterward."
The sisters’ consecutive self-disclosures left Bai Pu momentarily bewildered.
With Spirit Realm Will providing disguise, he really didn’t recognize Salacia and Julian at first.
After they revealed their identities, Bai Pu could confirm Salacia, as her aura matched.
But Julian... the disparity in aura was quite significant.
The Julian he met at the banquet was a pitiful little white flower, while the current Julian was filled with unwavering confidence, and an unabashed desire to attack Salacia... she had simply turned into an Overlord Flower.
"Brother Bai, I’m ready to make a move."
Rein’s message suddenly echoed in Bai Pu’s ear, full of murderous intent, "These two are Leia’s rivals."
Bai Pu thought for a moment and quickly responded to Rein and the other three: "Everyone, please don’t mention my identity as Bai Yujing."
"Brother Bai, do you know these two?" Ashes Rein asked slightly puzzled.
"They know me as just a minor servant..."
Bai Pu didn’t elaborate, "I’m worried about offending the Silver Wind Clan, so try not to let them know my name. Besides, I have some ties with Miss Salacia. She is applying for promotion to Major General for the second time and poses little threat. Please spare her."
"Second promotion? Hahaha, no problem." Rein agreed straightforwardly.
During the message exchange, everyone continued to dodge the attacks of the Demon Tree-man.
The Demon Tree-man’s attacks were powerful and unstoppable, but its size was too large and not flexible, making dodging not too difficult.
Of course, from Bai Pu’s perspective, this Tree Demon was by no means ordinary.
It had taken a hit from his Red Flame Mystical Arts-imbued Slash, suffering a hidden loss, and was now in a probing phase without using its true ultimate skills.
Perhaps the Tree Demon had noticed that these humans were not allies, thinking they might fight amongst themselves, so it held back from a fierce attack, invisibly allowing these people the leisure to communicate.
Rein looked at Salacia, Julian, and the others, asking loudly, "You both claim to be the heirs of the Silver Wind Clan, how do you prove it?"
Julian chuckled softly: "Sir, can’t you see? I have several Green Alliance experts accompanying and protecting me, while my disgraced sister is all alone... who do you think is the legitimate heir?"
"Hmm, it seems you are."
Both Rein and Julian laughed simultaneously.
However, in the next second, Rein struck with both hands, directly opening his domain! A golden-red furnace phantom shrouded the battlefield, and Julian and her group seemed to enter Taishang Laojun’s Alchemy Furnace, their bodies suddenly unbearable hot, and their Life Value and Professional Energy limits reduced!
Rein’s Furnace Domain targeted Julian and her subordinates, sparing Salacia and Bai Pu from negative effects, making them feel only the heat wave blowing over.
Julian, shocked and furious, had just received a hostile attack warning from Gaia’s Will, learning Rein’s name.
She screamed, "You... you’re Ashes Rein! And you two, ’Star Trace’ Leia, ’Dark Steel’ Muro... you’re the Furnace Squad! Why are you attacking me? Are you not afraid of Silver Wind Clan’s retaliation?"
In the Awakened community of the Gaia Network, the Furnace Squad was also quite famous.
Julian had watched videos of the Furnace Squad’s battle against the genius "Elaros" from the Holy Covenant Hall. Although they eventually lost, their performance was recognized by Elaros.
Elaros had not ascended yet but was the first Holy Son of the Holy Covenant Hall, possessing monster-level personal attributes and a Third-Grade True Intent Prototype!
Their ability to contend with Elaros required solid strength.
"Star Trace" Leia, holding a Star Map Scroll, unfolded a series of star paths, beginning to outline the actions of Julian and her group.
Hearing Julian’s scream, Leia sneered and said, "Are you truly the direct heir of the Silver Wind Clan? Facing an attack and still not understanding... We’re in a competitive relationship now, got it? So, of course, we must eliminate you first, someone with a strong background and terrifying resources!"
Next to her, Salacia couldn’t help but twitch at the corners of her mouth, now somewhat relieved she had fallen out of favor and posed no threat, avoiding becoming the first target of the Furnace Squad’s cleansing.
More importantly, her second application for promotion to Major General placed her on a different path than these first-batch Golden Vice Admirals.
Behind Julian, two Awakened leaders from the Muji Clan quickly attempted to negotiate:
"Ashes Rein! Miss Julian is Lord Zorath’s beloved, you don’t want to face Lord Zorath’s wrath, do you? Stop now, and we can pretend nothing happened!"
They were answered by Rein’s hammer.
With Leia outlining their paths beforehand, Rein’s hammer struck precisely on the unavoidable paths of the two Awakened leaders, making it look as though they voluntarily collided with Rein’s hammer.
With a muffled boom, their bodies shook violently and fell backward.
Accompanied by Rein’s hearty laughter: "What’s Zorath, I’ve nothing to fear from Elaros! After this world, the three of us will ascend to the Ascension Plane, carving out a place for us in the Evolver’s circle!"
Rein indeed had the confidence to not fear Zorath Muji, being a Major General Gaia and a "Preparatory Core Member" of the Gaia Group himself!
Upon passing the Ascension Plane test and promoting to Evolver, Rein would become a core member of the Gaia Group, at least safe from Zorath’s retaliation in the real world’s safety zones.
Without this fearless audacity, Rein could not have accomplished becoming Major General Gaia!